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On Wednesday, July 22, District 5 Metro Council candidates Sarah Martin and Scott Davis and District 6 candidates Brett Withers and Peter Westerholm met with the East Nashville community to talk about plans and platforms, during a candidate forum presented by HENMA and The East Nashvillian and moderated by State Representative Bill Beck.
Missed it, or want a refresher on the discussion?... Read More

Longstanding pop crew Counting Crows heads back to Nashville on Friday, August 7 to headline a show at the new Ascend Amphitheater, with Citizen Cope and Hollis Brown opening, and we’re sending a lucky East Nashvillian reader and their guest to the show.
Enter through the form below to win a pair of tickets. We’ll choose and announce a random winner on Monday,... Read More

This week, we’re getting stoked about more affordable natural foods, getting bummed about a really great local cafe closing, getting zen with coloring books and more.
On to this week’s East Nashville News:
Turnip Truck launches line of affordable food staples
Eating healthier food can have its challenges —... Read More

Benjamin A. Harper’s solo album, Get Thee Behind Me, gracefully settles in the space between past and present. Not like the iCloud illusiveness, more subtly floating from above. It’s been around long enough to know the modern struggles yet it echoes back '60s rock and Ray Davies’ pleasantries.
The songs were born free and undiluted, with no... Read More

It’s almost voting time, neighbors, so we have lots to talk about on that topic here in the column and in our new issue (out and around town now).
Candid candidates and more, in this week’s East Nashville News:
Up for debate: the Metro Council candidates
As we all know (or should), time to vote for many local... Read More

While songs and singers have always held first place in the studios and on the charts, gather up a bunch of great Nashville sidemen and you’re sure to harvest boss instrumentals. It’s been a Twang Town tradition from all the way back in the late 1940s when Nashville began its relatively swift transformation into “Music City USA,” on through to the 1960s avalanche of... Read More

First things first: The new issue of The East Nashvillian will be on stands and online imminently — it might be making the rounds as you’re reading this.
This one — the 2015 installment of our annual Tomato Art Fest issue — brings a serious milestone for us, too. It’s our biggest issue ever, and with it, we can officially tick... Read More

There’s a telling moment about a minute and a half into “Drown You Out,” the second track on Reeves Gabrels new album, Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends (Reeves Gabrels Music). At the 1:31 mark, the music comes to a stop for a beat and you can hear Gabrels laugh before launching into a blistering solo featuring — as he calls it — the “deep,... Read More

“We’re In This Together”: Mark Claypool Interview with The East Nashvillian
Nashville entrepreneur, Mark Claypool, is the founder of Educational Services of America, a private organization leading the nation’s behavior therapy and alternative special education for children and young adults. Before Claypool daringly began ESA, he was a social worker,... Read More

On Friday, July 17, two of Nashville’s best-loved tribute bands — ’90s hit herders My So-Called Band and ’80s pop providers Guilty Pleasures — are hitting the stage at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center for a one-night-only show with a string section. And we’re excited to be able to send two East Nashvillian readers and their guests to see... Read More